Ranvir Nayar
Managing Director & Founder at Media India Group
Collins Aerospace to triple sourcing levels in India
September 29, 2025
What is your current footprint in India? Who are your key customers? Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, has a long-standing partnership with India’s civil aviation industry. Our products and solutions including nacelles, landing gear, flight deck avionics, sensors and interior...
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Indian tourists’ perennial romance with Kashmir
September 9, 2025
Of the hundreds of millions of tourists that have visited Jammu and Kashmir, notably the Kashmir valley, the most prominent one is perhaps Jahangir, the fourth Mughal Emperor, who occupied the throne for 22 years from 1605-1627. So enamoured was Jahangir with Kashmir that he famo...
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Indian Air Power: Flying High Despite Low Budgets, Slow Induction
September 4, 2025
In every single battle involving the Indian defence forces, including the recent conflict with Pakistan following a terror attack in India, the Indian Air Force has always played a pivotal role in protecting the country. The significance of the stellar role played by the IAF in e...
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Pratt & Whitney targets USD 150 million sourcing in India by 2030
August 25, 2025
What is mix of market for Pratt & Whitney in India? As Pratt & Whitney celebrates its centennial this year, we also mark over 70 years as a key partner in Indian aviation. From powering India’s jet age with the JT3D and JT9D engines on Boeing 707s and 747s, to driving c...
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Climate activists urge COP30 Presidency to set bold fossil fuel phaseout targets
June 24, 2025
In a charged press conference today, leading voices from the global climate justice movement responded to the COP30 Presidency’s plenary session at the ongoing United Nations climate talks in German city of Bonn. The event, organised by a coalition of civil society and Indigeno...
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COP30 President’s proposed climate agenda reforms not enough: NGOs
June 21, 2025
President of 30th Conference of Parties or COP30, André Corrêa do Lago, released his fourth letter to governments on Friday, outlining proposed reforms to the United Nations climate summit’s action agenda. The move, intended to accelerate implementation of the Global Stocktak...
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Budget offers investment opportunities for French companies in India: Sanjeev Singla
March 30, 2025
The presentation of Union Budget is a key policy tool that foreign investors need to keep an eye out for and the Budget for the year 2025-26 opens up a number of potential investment opportunities for foreign companies, especially those in France, Ambassador of India to France Sa...
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Kerala Tourism holds roadshow in Paris to boost French arrivals
March 16, 2025
Even five years after the pandemic, the number of French tourists visiting Kerala languishes less than half way to the pre-pandemic arrivals and with an ambitious target of increasing the number of tourists from France by more than 100 pc, Kerala Tourism recently held a successfu...
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Manmohan Singh: Founding father of New India
December 27, 2024
Humble, wise, shy, soft-spoken, firm and clear-headed. These are but a few adjectives that would be apt for Manmohan Singh, India’s most well-educated and well-qualified but also the most under-rated Prime Minister whose impact on the country has not only shown its results but ...
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Spiritual tourism takes centre-stage in India
December 23, 2024
For centuries, Indian spirituality has evoked a lot of interest from all over the world and even at home in India, heading for a spiritual tour or pilgrimage has been the cherished ideal for most Indians, irrespective of their faith. And hence many parts of the country have depen...
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Climate activists criticise lack of funding agreement at COP16 on biodiversity
November 5, 2024
Despite the urgency of the climate crisis, the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) concluded without securing vital agreements for financing and monitoring the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF). According to...
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GOPIO Guadeloupe hosts Semi-Marathon to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi
October 8, 2024
From tiny tots to octogenerians, hundreds of residents of Guadeloupe, a French territory in the Caribbean, turned out enthusiastically on Sunday to participate in a unique event that commemorated the memory of Father of the Indian Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, through sports. Organised...
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